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noun Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. Abbreviation: EbS

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How to use east by south in a sentence

The ships now steered east-by-south, passing mountainous lands, which on November 14 he tried to approach.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery|Justin Winsor
The land lying away from the west-north-west to the south-east-by-south, still southerly.
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before|Daniel Defoe
We are now 1530 feet above sea-level, east-by-south from last camp—Mount Owen Stanley due north.
Adventures in New Guinea|James Chalmers
If the wind holds here at east-by-south-half-south we shall have need of all that offing.
The Red Rover|James Fenimore Cooper

This island lies with that of Santa Isabel west-by-north and east-by-south.
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives|H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy

British Dictionary definitions for east by south

east by south

noun

one point on the compass south of east, 101° 15′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

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